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1945

March - The Arab League was established. Founders members: Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen (Currently there are 22 member countries)

1955

Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia.  The “Bandung Conference” marked the launching point for large scale Afro-Asian relations in terms of economic and social cooperation.  Twenty-nine countries representing over half the world's population sent delegates.  A consensus was reached in which "colonialism in all of its manifestations" was condemned, implicitly censuring the Soviet Union, as well as Western influences.

1960

February – the Latin America Free Trade Area (LAFTA) was established by the Treaty of Montevideo (1960-1980),  substituted by ALADI in 1980

September - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was set up between 13 of the world’s largest oil producing countries in order to stabilize and regulate oil production levels, processes, and investments, as well as pricing in international markets.

1961

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was set up at the Belgrade Summit, Yugoslavia.

1963

Organization of African Unity (OAU) was established. In 2002 became African Union (AU)

1964

February - First United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD).  At the end of the conference a group of 77 developing countries signed the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries" creating the G77 the largest coalition of developing countries/Least Developed countries at the UN system. The G77 currently has 131 member countries.

1967

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established. Founding members included Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

October – I Ministerial Meeting of G-77 adopted the Charter of Algiers with the basic principles of the group as the – New International Economic Order (NIEO) package

1969

September - Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) – was set up in the Summit of Islamic countries realised in Rabat, Morocco.  The OIC has 57 members countries

Andean Community created by Treaty of Cartagena. Members are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.  (Chile and Venezuela withdrew in 1976 and 2006, respectively).

1973

July Caribbean Community (CARICOM) established under the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Founding members were Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.

1974

UN General Assembly adopts Declaration for the Establishment of a New International Economic Order request of G-77 and NAM Summit of Algiers in 1973.

1975

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was set up. Members are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

1980

February – ALALC is replaced by Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) . Cuba becomes a member in 1999.

April – Southern African Development Coordination Conference - SADCC with the Lusaka Declaration. Founding members: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

1981

May -  Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was set up including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

High-Level Conference of the G-77 in Caracas Venezuela. Adoption of the Caracas Programme of Action on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries

1983

November Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) an autonomous international organization was created in Trieste, Italy 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the South under the leadership of the late Nobel laureate Abdus Salam of Pakistan. The TWAS was officially launched by the secretary general of the United Nations, Javier Perez de Cuellar, in 1985.

December - Perez Guerrero Trust Fund for Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (PGTF) established in accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution 38/21

1985

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was set up. Founding members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

1987

The South Commission - an intergovernmental body of developing countries was established. The inaugural ceremony was addressed by its chairman Julius Nyerere former Tanzanian president.

1989

April 1989 Ministerial Meetings of the Group of 77 - Agreement on the Global System of Trade Preferences Among Developing Countries (GSTP) entered into force. Forty-one countries ratified.

September - G-15 was created at a Summit Level Group of Developing following the conclusion of the 9th NAM Summit  in Belgrade

1991

March - Treaty of Asuncion was signed creating the Common Market of South Cone (Mercosur). Members Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.  (Venezuela became full member in July 2006 – pending ratification of Brazil and Paraguay Parliaments)

Organization of African Unity Heads of State and Government signed the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) at the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly.

1994

January – Treaty of Establishment of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo and Guinea-Bissau

December - Establishment of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) including 20 African countries

1995

July - South Centre - an intergovernmental body of developing countries was established in Geneva with 49 members currently. The South Centre has its origin in the South Commission of 1987.

1997

June – Developing 8, founded through the Istanbul Declaration to further development cooperation amongst Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.

1998

Non Aligned Movement (NAM) created the Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation (CSSTC) located in Jakarta.

2000

April – First South Summit in Havana, Cuba – of 132 member countries of the G-77.  Havana Plan Action adopted among other issues calling members to improve South-South Cooperation.

September - UN General Assembly Millennium Summit set the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the developing world.

October I Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing. The FOCAC meets every three years and focuses on collective consultation and dialogue and a cooperation mechanism between the developing countries.

2001

June – Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) a permanent intergovernmental international organisation was set up replacing the former Shanghai Five created in 1996.  The SCO members are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Observer members included India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia 

2002

July - The 37th Summit of the OAU 2001 formally adopted the NEPAD - New Partnership for Africa’s Development strategic framework document.

July - African Union (AU) was established replacing former Organisation of African Unity (OAU).

2003

June – India, Brazil and South Africa sign the Brasilia Declaration setting up the IBSA Forum. In 2004 the forum created the IBAS Fund for alleviation of Poverty and Hunger in the South 

August - Establishment of the G-20 group  of developing countries at the WTO Ministerial Conference realised in Cancun, Mexico.

September - The G90 was established at WTO Conference in Cancun. This is the largest grouping of members in the World Trade Organisation including poorest countries from African Union, LDCs and African Caribbean and Pacific and ACP group.

December - Resolution 58/220 of 23 December 2003, the UN General Assembly decided to declare 19 December, United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation.

2004

The African Parliament holds its inaugural session in Addis Ababa.

2005

June – Second South Summit realised in Doha, Qatar

September – 50th anniversary of Bandung Conference adoption of Declaration on the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership

December - Hong Kong Ministerial of the WTO Joint Declaration of the G-20, the G-33, the ACP, the LDCs, the African Group and the Small Economies in order to develop a common approach to issues of common interest in the negotiations of the Doha Round.

2006

September - 14th - Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) hold in Havana, Cuba. Leaders agreed to set up institutions of the South such as Bank of the South, World TV Network, Working Group in Energy Security, University system of the South.

November – III Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation hold in Beijing. China announces doubling of financial aid to African nations by 2009.

2007

December - Bank of the South established at a meeting of seven South American Leaders in Buenos Aires

2008

January - Common Market Gulf Cooperation Countries enters into force.
 

April - I Africa – India Summit held in New Delhi, India

September – Approved at the 2005 Second South Summit in Qatar, the South-South Fund for Development and Humanitarian Assistance will be formally launched at a signing ceremony during the annual high-level ministerial meeting of the Group of 77 in September. The government of Qatar has made an initial pledge of 20 million dollars, with an additional 2 million dollars each from India and China. The Fund, to be hosted by Qatar, aims to assist the countries of the South in economic, social, health and educational development. It will also address the problems of hunger and poverty, as well as the impact of natural disasters on developing countries

1910

Establishment of the Customs Union Agreement, the oldest customs union in the world including the former Union of South Africa and the High Commission Territories of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland. In December 1969 with independence of the territories the agreement was re-launched as SACU.

1945

March- Establishment of the the Arab League. Founders members: Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen (Currently there are 22 member countries)

June - Representatives of 50 countries meet in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories.

1947

Foundation of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to deal with the trade side of international economic cooperation and joining the two “Bretton Woods” institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

1955

Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia.  The “Bandung Conference ” marked the launching point for large scale Afro-Asian relations in terms of economic and social cooperation.  Twenty-nine countries representing over half the world's population sent delegates.  A consensus was reached in which "colonialism in all of its manifestations" was condemned, implicitly censuring the Soviet Union, as well as Western influences.

1960

February – the Latin America Free Trade Area (LAFTA) is established by the Treaty of Montevideo (1960-1980),  substituted by ALADI in 1980

December - Central American Common Market (CACM) is established. Founding members were Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. In 1963 Costa Rica joined.

September - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is set up between 13 of the world’s largest oil producing countries in order to stabilize and regulate oil production levels, processes, and investments, as well as pricing in international markets.

1961

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is founded at the Belgrade Summit, Yugoslavia.

1963

Organization of African Unity (OAU) is established. In 2002 became African Union (AU).

1964

February - First United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). At the end of the conference a group of 77 developing countries signed the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries" creating the G77 the largest coalition of developing countries/Least Developed countries at the UN system. The G77 currently has 131 member countries.

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) sets up the International Trade Centre – (ITC) to broaden technical assistance.

1965

Creation of the United Nations Development Programme – UNDP

1966

Protocol amending the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to introduce a Part IV on Trade and Development.  This was first recognition of a need for “special treatment” for developing countries. 

1967

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) comes into being. Founding members included Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

October – I Ministerial Meeting of G-77 adopts the Charter of Algiers with the basic principles of the group as the – New International Economic Order (NIEO) package

1968

UNCTAD partnership with General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) to sponsor the International Trade Centre (ITC). This institute was originally set up in 1964 by GATT.

1969

September - Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) – is set up in the Summit of Islamic countries realised in Rabat, Morocco.  The OIC has 57 members countries

December -Customs Union Agreement with the independence of its members the agreement is re-launched as SACU – Southern African Customs Union.  The current members are Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. 

Andean Community is created under the Treaty of Cartagena. Members are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.  (Chile and Venezuela withdrew in 1976 and 2006, respectively).

1972

UN General Assembly creates a working group on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries – TCDC under coordination of UNDP

1973

July - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is established with the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Founding Members were Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.

October – Beginning of the oil crisis when OPEC members plus Egypt and Syria shut off supply to United States and other Western nations as well doubled oil prices as retaliation action against the Israeli supporters in the Yom Kippur War. This event represented the first example of the developing countries united to use economic power against developed countries.

November – Lima Convention constituting the establishment of OLADE – Latin American Organization for Energy ratified by 26 countries. In 2001 Algeria assumed special membership.

1974

United Nations Resolution according to Resolution N°3251 (XXIX) set up the Special Unit to Promote Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC) coordinated by UNDP.

UN General Assembly adopts Declaration for the Establishment of a New International Economic Order request of G-77 and NAM Summit of Algiers in 1973.

1975

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set up. Members are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

1978

June – Establishment of the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRTCIC) a subsidiary of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 

September - UN Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC) in Buenos Aires adopts, by consensus, the Buenos Aires Action Plan (BAPA) for promoting and implementing technical cooperation among developing countries.

1980

April – Southern African Development Coordination Conference - SADCC with the Lusaka Declaration. Founding members: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

1981

May -  Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was set up including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

December – Treaty establishing Preferential Trade Area of Eastern of Southern Africa countries was signed and entered into force in 1982. This agreement was the precursor of COMESA which was established in 1994.

High-Level Conference of the G-77 in Caracas Venezuela. Adoption of the Caracas Programme of Action on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries

1983

October - Economic Community of Central African States - ECCAS is established. Members are Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda (self-suspended 2001-2002) São Tomé and Príncipe and Angola from 1999

November Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) an autonomous international organization is created in Trieste, Italy 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the South under the leadership of the late Nobel laureate Abdus Salam of Pakistan. The TWAS was officially launched by the secretary general of the United Nations, Javier Perez de Cuellar, in 1985.

December - Perez Guerrero Trust Fund for Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (PGTF) established in accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution 38/21

December - Establishment of  the Research and Information System (RIS) for the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries as a follow up of the NAM Summit in 1983 in New Delhi. RIS changed its name to Research and Information System for Developing Countries in 2005.

1985

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is set up. Founding members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

1986

October –Establishment of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic (ZPCSA) The aims of ZPCSA were initially created to promote a military-free and nuclear free ocean in the Atlantic Rim during the Cold War.  Other aims include regional cooperation  and environmental protection

December - Group of Rio is established. The Group of Rio is a Permanent Mechanism of Political Consultation and Coordination of Latin American Countries

1987

The South Commission - an intergovernmental body of developing countries is established. The inaugural ceremony was addressed by its chairman Julius Nyerere former Tanzanian president.

1989

February – Arab Maghreb Union is established at the Marrakesh Summit. Members include Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.

April 1989 Ministerial Meetings of the Group of 77 - Agreement on the Global System of Trade Preferences Among Developing Countries (GSTP) enters into force. Forty-one countries ratified.

September - G-15 is created at a Summit Level Group of Developing following the conclusion of the 9th NAM Summit  in Belgrade

1991

March - Treaty of Asuncion is signed creating the Common Market of South Cone (Mercosur). Members Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.  (Venezuela became full member in July 2006 – pending ratification of Brazil and Paraguay Parliaments)

Organization of African Unity Heads of State and Government signed the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) at the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly.

December - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is established including most of former members of the USSR – Union of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (except to Baltic Nations)

1992

Creation of the South African Development Community (SADC) replacing former South African Development Coordination Conference - of 1980. SADC has 14 members’ states.

1994

January – Treaty of Establishment of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo and Guinea-Bissau

December - Establishment of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) including 20 African countries

1995

March - World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen

July - South Centre- an intergovernmental body of developing countries is established in Geneva with 49 members currently. The South Centre has its origin in the South Commission of 1987.

September - UN General Assembly adopts TCDC “New Directions” resolution.

1996

July - Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries is established including Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal e São Tomé and Principe and Timor East in 2002

September - Establishment of International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva.

April - Established the Voluntary Trust Fund for South-South Cooperation (SSTF) within the UNDP in accordance to the UN General Assembly Resolution 50/119. China and Republic of Korea are among the biggest contributors among other developing countries.

1998

Non Aligned Movement (NAM) created the Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation (CSSTC) located in Jakarta.

2000

April – First South Summit in Havana, Cuba – of 132 member countries of the G-77.  Havana Plan Action adopted among other issues calling members to improve South-South Cooperation.

August – the IIRSA is launched in 2000 and includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, ... IIRSA is the blueprint for electrical and transportation infrastructure in ... includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela.

September - UN General Assembly Millennium Summit set the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the developing world.

October I Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing. The FOCAC meets every three years and focuses on collective consultation and dialogue and a cooperation mechanism between the developing countries.

2001

March- UNDP South-South Cooperation Special Unit set up WIDE – Web of Information for Development gathering information on experts and institutions of the South.

May - The Third UN Conference on Least Developed Countries realised in Brussels calls for intensification of South-South Cooperation. The conference launched the World Trade University.

June – Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) a permanent intergovernmental international organisation is set up replacing the former Shanghai Five created in 1996.  The SCO members are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Observer members included India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia 

2002

June – Asia Cooperation Dialogue is set up in Thailand with participation of 18 Foreign Ministers

July - The 37th Summit of the OAU 2001 formally adopts the NEPAD - New Partnership for Africa’s Development strategic framework document.

July - African Union (AU) is established replacing former Organisation of African Unity (OAU) .

March - Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development calls for South-South Cooperation.  August-September - World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

2003

June – India, Brazil and South Africa sign the Brasilia Declaration setting up the IBSA Forum. In 2004 the forum created the IBAS Fund for alleviation of Poverty and Hunger in the South 

August - Establishment of the G-20 group  of developing countries at the WTO Ministerial Conference realised in Cancun, Mexico.

August -International Ministerial Conference of landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and donor countries and the international financial and development institutions on transit transport cooperation - Almaty Declaration.

September - UN General Assembly changed the name of UNDP’s Special Unit for TCDC to Special unit for South-South Cooperation

September - The G90 was established at WTO Conference in Cancun. This is the largest grouping of members in the World Trade Organisation including poorest countries from African Union, LDCs and African Caribbean and Pacific and ACP group.

December – High Level Conference on South-South Cooperation – (SSC) of G-77 with adoption of Marrakech Declaration on SSC called developing countries to enhance cooperation among themselves

December - Resolution 58/220 of 23 December 2003, the UN General Assembly decided to declare 19 December, United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation.

December – II Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation hold in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2004

January – Joint Declaration against Poverty and Hunger is signed in Geneva by presidents Lula of Brazil Chirac of France, Lagos of Chile and the Secretary General of the UN Kofi Annan 

June - UNCTAD XI realised in Sao Paulo with special session on special on The New Trade Geography:  The Role of South-South Trade and Cooperation. The Conference initiated a also a new round of trade negotiations under the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) to be continued.

December -  Commemorations of the First UN Day for South-South Cooperation

December – Third South American Summit with signature of Cuzco Declaration creating the Community of Nations of South America including 12 countries.

2005

May – First South America-Arab Countries Summit  is realised in Brasilia

September – 50th anniversary of Bandung Conference adoption of Declaration on the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership

June – Second South Summit realised in Doha, Qatar

November - Sixth Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC VI) hosted by Malaysia establishes the NAM News Network (NNN), a transformation of the now-defunct NANAP or Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool.

December -  Hong Kong Ministerial of the WTO Joint Declaration of the G-20, the G-33, the ACP, the LDCs, the African Group and the Small Economies in order to develop a common approach to issues of common interest in the negotiations of the Doha Round.

2006

September   - I Summit of IBSA– India Brazil South Africa Dialogue Forum hold in Brazil

September - 14th - Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) hold in Havana, Cuba. Leaders agreed to set up institutions of the South such as Bank of the South, World TV Network, Working Group in Energy Security, University system of the South.

November – III Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation hold in Beijing. China announces doubling of financial aid to African nations by 2009.

November/December – I Summit Africa- South America Community of Nations in Abuja, Nigeria

December - II Summit of the Community of Nations of South America to be hold in Cochabamba, Bolívia.

2007

April - South America Summit of Energy, Isla Margarita Venezuela,

April - I South America Energy Summit, Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Leaders launched negotiations for the adoption of constitutive Treaty of Unasur

May - I Session Parliament Mercosur Montevideo
 

June - 15th Session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, UNDP, New York.
 

LAUNCH of the Development cooperation Forum – Economic and Social Council, Geneva, 5 July 2007

August - FORUM FOR EAST ASIA – LATIN AMERICA COOPERATION (FEALAC)
III Foreign Ministers Meeting pf FEALAC in , Brasilia,  Brazil

September - South-South High Level Meeting on Oil and Gas, Doha, Qatar
 

September - FORESTRY EIGHT Group created by Indonesia, Brazil, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Congo and Indonesia.
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October - 2nd IBSA Summit, Johannesburg and Tshwane, South Africa, 17 October

October - Launch 1st book of the Library of the South America and Arab Countries (ASPA), Brasilia, Brazil
  

December - Bank of the South established at a meeting of seven South American Leaders in Buenos Aires

2008

January 1st Common Market Gulf Cooperation Countries entered into force.
 

April - UNCTAD XII realised in Accra, Ghana

May - III Summit of South America Nations – leaders signed the Constitutive Agreement establishing Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)

May - Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, India, China and Russia met in Yekaterinburg, Russia. This was the first meeting outside the United Nation General Assembly where the group met regularly since 2007.

April - I Africa – India Summit held in New Delhi, India
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November - II Africa-South America Summit (AFRAS) , Caracas, Venezuela
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2009

April  - II Arab -South America Summit scheduled to be hosted by Qatar

IV Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation scheduled to be hosted by Egypt.

XV Summit of Non Aligned Movement scheduled to be hosted by Egypt.